HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

so far so good

Support Forums
>
Prostate Cancer
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 12/30/2011 2:57 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks to all for their encouragement and support pre-op. Surgery was wed. am, was up walking by 4pm. It was a long day, but they kept me drugged up, taking care of some of the pain. Didn't sleep for long, many naps. I came home thursday 4pm, felt great to get home. I've been taking ibuprofen, and pain and discomfort is much less today, I actually feel pretty good. My doctor called me at home last night at 9pm to say the path report was back and cancer was confined and everything looked excellent! I get the cath out jan 12, I'll get a copy of the report for more details. Again, thanks to everyone here, I felt very prepared for this from reading your experiences..mike  
Posted 12/30/2011 3:08 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome home, Mike, and congratulations on your successful surgery and wonderful path report. 

Take it easy, moderate activity, some walking, smart eating, and heal, heal, heal.  Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year.  Bill

Posted 12/30/2011 3:09 PM (GMT 0)
vn16 -
- congratulations on being on the other side - here's to a steady and boring recovery !

- remember no lifting anything over 10# ( weight of a laptop computer) and (since we just had a snowfall) no pushing of snow shovels this season,
- just do daily walks (avoid inclines), drink water to help flush out the system ( the catheter bag will take care of it) and relax.
-hugs,
Bronson
Posted 12/30/2011 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
GREAT NEWS.
Posted 12/30/2011 3:46 PM (GMT 0)
vn16, congrats and as they say "welcome to the other side". Its going on 16 weeks since my surgery,can't believe how fast times flying by.
Posted 12/30/2011 4:05 PM (GMT 0)
Grear news mike. Welcome to the other side. Lucky man.... I wish i could join you there. TODD
Posted 12/30/2011 6:43 PM (GMT 0)
Super....the journey continues.  Be safe and ready for frustration.  Whatever your issues rest assured others have been there or are there now and will provide information and support.  I'm on day 15 from my RP and still leaking at the rate of 7 - 8 pads a day.  I tell myself "It will get better".  Hang in there.
Posted 12/30/2011 6:53 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome to the other side. Sound like it was successful.. Congrats.

Cajun Jeff
Posted 12/30/2011 7:32 PM (GMT 0)
I think that's a record on timing for the Path Report, but it will sure take some unneeded anxiety out of the picture.

Lots of short walks, lots of water. I had stocked up on varieties of mineral waters to get something new for taste.

Keep track of your catheter output. I made a few notes when I drained it each time - time, quantity, any blood, scab tissue, and the like. Made it a lot easier to talk to the uro about progress.

Welcome to our side of surgery.

Posted 12/30/2011 10:31 PM (GMT 0)
I was quite surprised to get path report so quick, doc thought it would be today before he got it. I could have gotten the cath out next week, but his office schedule is so full, couldn't get in till the 9th. Thanks for the tips on recovery ...mike
Posted 12/30/2011 10:35 PM (GMT 0)
Very happy to hear the good news, hope your recovery goes smooth for you. Best of luck

David in SC
Posted 12/31/2011 10:57 PM (GMT 0)
dear hubby 46 had a radical prostectomy with nerve sparring 5 weeks ago organ confined. as most are he was concerned with incontinence and ed. cath was out at 2 weeks had some incontinence for about a week afterwards only a little dribbling now. 4 week check up was given cialis to take daily. first night he took it he was very dizzy and felt that the room was spinning but he continued to take it. at 4 weeks with alot of oral stimulation hubby had a dry orgasm without an erection. yeah thats right i am good it took some work but well worth it to see that expression on my husbands face. has been having some slight erections since taking the cialis. baby come and look boy was he proud and so was i. today which is 5 weeks post-op i started to play around with him in bed and one thing led to another. he wanted to give up and i wouldnt let him i stayed on my game and wow things started to rise and to make a long story short my hubby was able to penetrate me enough to have a orgasm again and he said it felt great. so for anybody thats giving up hope please dont things will rise again. will keep you all updated.
Posted 12/31/2011 11:33 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Wet and weary

To stop the leakage you need to learn how to control this by using a very simple exercise - sit on edge of bed or chair, tighten up from your lower pelvic area by squeezing sphincter muslce which is located in your bottom area.  Hold for a count of 15 - 16 seconds and do this as many times a day as you can.  I was sorted within 2 to 3 days of surgery and even now 3 years after surgery still practice a couple of times a day.  No leakage at all since surgery.

I am now on TAK 700 with prednisone Phase 3 trial and would like to know any one else out there who is on this.  I have just in last two months noticed my right leg swollen from groin to ankle (is helped by elevation).  I have been on this trial since June 2011 and it is now January 1 2012.

First diagnosed with a PSA of 19 with a Gleason score of 9.  I had a radical prostatectomy with lymph node dissection March 2008.  Cancer was in the lymph nodes.

✚ New Topic ✚ Reply